netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] ibmvnic: Clean up net close and fix reset bug

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Message-Id: <51a99f7d-13df-7922-0f46-8ea9afccfb3c@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Wed, 7 Mar 2018 17:43:06 -0600
From:   Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, jallen@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] ibmvnic: Clean up net close and fix reset bug

On 03/07/2018 05:41 PM, Thomas Falcon wrote:
> This patch set cleans up and reorganizes the driver's net_device
> close function and leverages that to fix up a bug that can occur
> during some device resets. Some reset cases require the backing
> adapter to be disabled before continuing, but other cases, such as 
> during a device failover or partition migration, do not require this
> step. Since the device will not be initialized at this stage and
> its command-processing queue is closed, do not send the request to
> disable the device as it could result in an error or timeout
> disrupting the reset.
>
> Thomas Falcon (3):
>   ibmvnic: Clean up device close
>   ibmvnic: Reorganize device close
>   ibmvnic: Do not disable device during failover or partition migration
>
>  drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
Crud, this series is meant for the net-next tree, but I forgot to include it in the patch tag.